The Powder Springs Police Department is forming a chaplaincy program with the help of the volunteer chaplain from the Cobb Police Department.

This week Mike Cronin began serving as the chaplain for Powder Springs, Police Chief John Robison told The Atlanta Journal-Constitution Monday.

Robison said Cronin is serving for free.

Also, Robison said there is a need for a chaplain to help grieving individuals and families and also officers as they deal with so many difficult situations on the job.

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Angie McBrayer, ex-wife of James Aaron McBrayer, leans her head on her son Sam McBrayer as she and her three children and two grandchildren (from left) Jackson McBrayer, 3, Piper Jae McBrayer, 7, Katy Isaza, and Jordan McBrayer, visit the grave of James McBrayer, Thursday, November 20, 2025, in Tifton. He died after being restrained by Tift County sheriff's deputies on April 24, 2019. His ex-wife witnessed the arrest and said she thought the deputies were being rough but did not imagine that McBrayer would die. (Hyosub Shin/AJC)

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